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MariaDB Enterprise 10.x Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • MariaDB must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to delete security objects occur.

    <VulnDiscussion>The removal of security objects from the database/DBMS would seriously degrade a system s information assurance posture. If s...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000502-DB-000348

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • MariaDB must allow only the ISSM (or individuals or roles appointed by the ISSM) to select which auditable events are to be audited.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without the capability to restrict which roles and individuals can select which events are audited, unauthorized personnel ma...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000023-DB-000001

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • SRG-APP-000091-DB-000066

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • MariaDB must integrate with an organization-level authentication/access mechanism providing account management and automation for all users, groups, roles, and any other principals.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Enterprise environments make account management for applications and databases challenging and complex. A manual process for ...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000033-DB-000084

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • MariaDB must enforce approved authorizations for logical access to information and system resources in accordance with applicable access control policies.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Authentication with a DoD-approved PKI certificate does not necessarily imply authorization to access MariaDB. To mitigate th...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000080-DB-000063

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • MariaDB must protect against a user falsely repudiating having performed organization-defined actions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Nonrepudiation of actions taken is required in order to maintain data integrity. Examples of particular actions taken by indi...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000089-DB-000064

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • MariaDB must provide audit record generation capability for DoD-defined auditable events within all DBMS/database components.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without the capability to generate audit records, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events r...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000090-DB-000065

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • MariaDB must be able to generate audit records when privileges/permissions are retrieved.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Under some circumstances, it may be useful to monitor who/what is reading privilege/permission/role information. Therefore, i...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000091-DB-000325

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • MariaDB must be able to generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to retrieve privileges/permissions occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Under some circumstances, it may be useful to monitor who/what is reading privilege/permission/role information. Therefore, i...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000092-DB-000208

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • MariaDB must initiate session auditing upon startup.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Session auditing is for use when a user's activities are under investigation. To be sure of capturing all activity during tho...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000095-DB-000039

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • MariaDB must produce audit records containing sufficient information to establish what type of events occurred.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information system auditing capability is critical for accurate forensic analysis. Without establishing what type of event oc...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000101-DB-000044

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • MariaDB must include additional, more detailed, organization-defined information in the audit records for audit events identified by type, location, or subject.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information system auditing capability is critical for accurate forensic analysis. Reconstruction of harmful events or forens...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000109-DB-000049

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • MariaDB must by default shut down upon audit failure, to include the unavailability of space for more audit log records; or must be configurable to shut down upon audit failure.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;It is critical that when MariaDB is at risk of failing to process audit logs as required, an action is taken to mitigate the ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000109-DB-000321

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • MariaDB must be configurable to overwrite audit log records, oldest first (First-In-First-Out - FIFO), in the event of unavailability of space for more audit log records.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;It is critical that when MariaDB is at risk of failing to process audit logs as required, it take action to mitigate the fail...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000118-DB-000059

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The audit information produced by MariaDB must be protected from unauthorized read access.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If audit data were to become compromised, then competent forensic analysis and discovery of the true source of potentially ma...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000119-DB-000060

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The audit information produced by MariaDB must be protected from unauthorized modification.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If audit data were to become compromised, then competent forensic analysis and discovery of the true source of potentially ma...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000120-DB-000061

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The audit information produced by MariaDB must be protected from unauthorized deletion.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If audit data were to become compromised, then competent forensic analysis and discovery of the true source of potentially ma...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000121-DB-000202

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • MariaDB must protect its audit features from unauthorized access.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Protecting audit data also includes identifying and protecting the tools used to view and manipulate log data. Depending up...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000122-DB-000203

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • MariaDB must protect its audit configuration from unauthorized modification.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Protecting audit data also includes identifying and protecting the tools used to view and manipulate log data. Therefore, pro...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000123-DB-000204

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • MariaDB must protect its audit features from unauthorized removal.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Protecting audit data also includes identifying and protecting the tools used to view and manipulate log data. Therefore, pro...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000133-DB-000179

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • MariaDB must limit privileges to change software modules, to include stored procedures, functions and triggers, and links to software external to the DBMS.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the system were to allow any user to make changes to software libraries, those changes might be implemented without underg...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000133-DB-000198

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The MariaDB software installation account must be restricted to authorized users.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;When dealing with change control issues, it should be noted any changes to the hardware, software, and/or firmware components...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000133-DB-000199

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Database software, including MariaDB configuration files, must be stored in dedicated directories, separate from the host OS and other applications.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;When dealing with change control issues, it should be noted any changes to the hardware, software, and/or firmware components...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000133-DB-000200

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Database objects (including but not limited to tables, indexes, storage, stored procedures, functions, triggers, links to software external to MariaDB, etc.) must be owned by database/MariaDB principals authorized for ownership.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Within the database, object ownership implies full privileges to the owned object, including the privilege to assign access t...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000133-DB-000362

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The role(s)/group(s) used to modify database structure (including but not necessarily limited to tables, indexes, storage, etc.) and logic modules (stored procedures, functions, triggers, links to software external to the MariaDB, etc.) must be restricted to authorized users.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the MariaDB were to allow any user to make changes to database structure or logic, then those changes might be implemented...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141-DB-000090

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Default demonstration and sample databases, database objects, and applications must be removed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information systems are capable of providing a wide variety of functions and services. Some of the functions and services, pr...
    Rule Medium Severity

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